“This militarized spending comes at the expense of federal programs—like public housing—that actually do prevent crime and improve health and education outcomes,” said researcher Hanna Homestead Last week, when Trump federalized Washington, DC’s police force and deployed the National Guard to occupy its streets, one of his main orders was to “end vagrancy” by destroying homeless […]
[content id=”79272″] One critic accused the president of “testing the limits of his power, hoping to intimidate other cities into submission to his every vengeful whim.” The Trump administration’s military occupation of Washington, D.C. is expected to expand, a White House official said Wednesday, with President Donald Trump also saying he will ask Congress to approve a […]
“The vast majority of countries have made it clear: Israel’s occupation of Palestine must end, and all countries have a definite duty not to aid or assist its continuation.” The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution demanding that the Israeli government end its occupation of Palestinian territories within 12 months, affirming a […]
A person is bound to notice changes if he bicycles the same pathways for 20 years. Such is the case in San Francisco, where the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union was held last week, as it has been for many Decembers. Some observations: 1. People are really happy to get together again after […]